Electrical Engineer

US Citizens
All Qualified candidates responded to in 24 hours or less.

Parttime Status - Increased compensation to offset less hours may be available.

Key Responsibilities

This position is responsible for:

• Interpreting electrical hardware requirements based on the interfacing hardware.

• Developing and documenting electrical system requirements.

• Conducting concept trade studies and providing electrical expertise to evaluate design options.

• Planning and executing verification and validation activities to ensure the electrical design meets all requirements.

• Preparing and presenting design progress, approach, and rationale to design review boards.

• Ensuring hardware designs meet size, weight, power, and cost budgets.

• Authoring, updating, and maintaining hardware specifications throughout the project lifecycle.

• Defining and baselining electrical interfaces to ensure seamless system integration.

• Performing and/or reviewing electrical analyses.

• Overseeing the preparation, review, and release of electrical drawings to ensure technical accuracy and compliance with project schedules.

• Authoring detailed assembly procedures to ensure hardware is built to specifications.

• Developing test procedures to verify electrical hardware compliance with specifications and drawings.

• Executing procurement, manufacturing, assembly, and testing of electrical hardware to meet project milestones and quality standards.

• Contributing to safety documentation and presenting to safety review boards as required.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including mechanical, systems, and quality engineers, to ensure project success.

• Performing other duties as assigned to support project objectives.

• Minimal travel required; occasional evening or weekend work may be necessary to meet project deadlines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university or college.

• At least five years of electrical engineering experience in product development for spaceflight, aerospace, or other high-reliability, high-specification equipment.

• Proficiency with circuit design and analysis software, such as Altium, for designing electrical systems and circuit boards.

• Experience with usage of laboratory equipment to verify and troubleshoot the performance of electrical systems.

• Demonstrated experience conducting trade studies for electrical design optimization.

• Competent with advanced engineering calculations for electrical circuits.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills with sound engineering judgment.

• Highly dependable, self-motivated, and accountable, with the ability to work effectively in a team or independently.

• U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder). Must successfully complete a U.S. government background check.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience designing, procuring, manufacturing, and testing hardware for extreme environments (e.g., space, high-temperature, or high-vibration conditions).

• Proficient experience with using Altium for PCB design, especially systems with embedded processors.

• Experience developing software to test PCB functionality

• Power system design, including DC-DC converter design and implementation of DC-DC converters and linear regulators.

• Digital measurement of analog sensors, including signal conditioning (with passive components and operational amplifiers), ADC selection, and ADC interfacing.